5. Watch something else on television

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There's plenty of other new episodes of popular television shows set to run during and after the Super Bowl. PBS unleashes a new episode of "Downton Abby" and HBO is scheduled to have new episodes of their original series "Girls" and "Enlightened." There's also that other bowl - The Puppy Bowl - on Animal Planet. Then there's the post-Super Bowl spot given to CBS' modern-day Sherlock Holmes series "Elementary".

There's plenty of other new episodes of popular television shows set to run during and after the Super Bowl. PBS unleashes a new episode of "Downton Abby" and HBO is scheduled to have new episodes of their original series "Girls" and "Enlightened." There's also that other bowl - The Puppy Bowl - on Animal Planet. Then there's the post-Super Bowl spot given to CBS' modern-day Sherlock Holmes series "Elementary". (Getty Images)

There's plenty of other new episodes of popular television shows set to run during and after the Super Bowl. PBS unleashes a new episode of "Downton Abby" and HBO is scheduled to have new episodes of their original series "Girls" and "Enlightened." There's also that other bowl - The Puppy Bowl - on Animal Planet. Then there's the post-Super Bowl spot given to CBS' modern-day Sherlock Holmes series "Elementary".